Category Archives: Diary

CAMINO PORTUGUÉS – Day 13+2: Tuesday 9 June 2026 – SANTIAGO de COMPOSTELA to HOME It is home time now – and so this morning, after an early alarm and a quick snack in a nearby café, I packed and left Santiago on the public bus to the airport. And so I am presently satContinue reading “Boots Of Spanish Leather”

CAMINO PORTUGUÉS – Day 13+1: Monday 8 June 2026 – Free Day in SANTIAGO de COMPOSTELA I have had a quiet day today, just chilling and ‘hanging out’ in Santiago, people watching, and meeting many of my Camino Buddies from the trail who have not already departed for home. Those who have followed my BlogsContinue reading “Shiny Happy People”

CAMINO PORTUGUÉS – Day 13: Sunday 7 June 2026 – PADRÓN to SANTIAGO de COMPOSTELA (26 [+3] kilometres) They say that it is all about the journey but, for me, today’s last leg of my Camino Portugués experience certainly had a hint of destination about it. I was up early, and was walking by soonContinue reading “End Of A Journey”

CAMINO PORTUGUÉS – Day 12: Saturday 6 June 2026 – CALDAS de REIS to PADRÓN (19 [+4] kilometres) To walk in this wonderful corner of Spain is a pleasure and a privilege – a rolling landscape of mixed woodland and well-tended vineyards interspersed with smallholdings and hamlets, all on a human scale that provides newContinue reading “Sunshine On My Shoulders”

CAMINO PORTUGUÉS – Day 11: Friday 5 June 2026 – PONTEVEDRA to CALDAS de REIS (22 [+4] kilometres) One interesting facet of the Camino Portugués north of Porto is that it does in fact have a number of variants. I am following the inland route, the Camino Central, having left Porto and walked pretty muchContinue reading “Spirits Having Flown”

CAMINO PORTUGUÉS – Day 10: Thursday 4 June 2026 – CESANTES to PONTEVEDRA (17 [+7] kilometres) Over the last few days of occasional rain I have both cannily and unwittingly managed to avoid getting wet, or even so much as having to don my waterproofs. Last night the rain arrived, initially briefly after I hadContinue reading “Shower The People”

CAMINO PORTUGUÉS – Day 9: Wednesday 3 June 2026 – PORRIÑO to CESANTES (20 [+0] kilometres) St James (or James the Great as he is often termed) was one of the twelve apostles of Christ. It is his remains that, according to tradition, lie in the shrine at the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, andContinue reading “James”

CAMINO PORTUGUÉS – Day 8: Tuesday 2 June 2026 – TUI to PORRIÑO (17 [+6] kilometres) It was certainly good to get back on the trail this morning, after my ‘Rest Day’ in Tui, for the relatively short rural section of the Camino Portugués up to Porriño. I walked most of the way with SebastianContinue reading “Turn To Stone”

CAMINO PORTUGUÉS – Day 7: Monday 1 June 2026 It is all change today: a new month; Spain for Portugal and a new language to languish in; a time zone shift that caught me out on arrival last night; and a day without donning my walking boots and rucksack. The hot weather though seems toContinue reading “People Watching”

CAMINO PORTUGUÉS – Day 6: Sunday 31 May 2026 – RUBIÃES to TUI (20 [+4] kilometres) With a shorter section of the Camino Portugués in prospect today I allowed myself a lie-in until 7.30 am, emerging a half-hour later into sapphire-blue skies and already warm air: no mist today! No matter, with time on myContinue reading “Carefree Highway”